Low Latency 100G Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP Core User Guide: For Stratix® 10 Devices

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Date 8/05/2024
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Document Table of Contents x
1. Low Latency 100G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Overview 2. Getting Started 3. IP Core Parameters 4. Functional Description 5. Reset 6. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions 7. Registers 8. Debugging the Link 9. Ethernet Toolkit Overview 10. Low Latency 100G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core User Guide Archives 11. Document Revision History for the Low Latency 100G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core User Guide
1. Low Latency 100G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Overview x
1.1. Low Latency 100G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core Supported Features 1.2. IP Core Device Family and Speed Grade Support 1.3. IP Core Verification 1.4. Performance and Resource Utilization 1.5. Release Information
1.2. IP Core Device Family and Speed Grade Support x
1.2.1. Low Latency 100G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core Device Family Support 1.2.2. Low Latency 100G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core Device Speed Grade Support
1.3. IP Core Verification x
1.3.1. Simulation Environment 1.3.2. Compilation Checking 1.3.3. Hardware Testing
2. Getting Started x
2.1. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores 2.2. Specifying the IP Core Parameters and Options 2.3. Simulating the IP Core 2.4. Generated File Structure 2.5. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design 2.6. IP Core Testbenches 2.7. Compiling the Full Design and Programming the FPGA
2.5. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design x
2.5.1. Pin Assignments 2.5.2. Adding the Transceiver PLLs 2.5.3. Placement Settings for the Low Latency 100G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core
4. Functional Description x
4.1. High Level System Overview 4.2. Low Latency 100G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core TX Datapath 4.3. Low Latency 100G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core RX Datapath 4.4. Flow Control 4.5. User Interface to Ethernet Transmission 4.6. Auto Negotiation and Link Training 4.7. Auto Adaptation
4.2. Low Latency 100G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core TX Datapath x
4.2.1. Preamble, Start, and SFD Insertion 4.2.2. Length/Type Field Processing 4.2.3. Frame Padding 4.2.4. Frame Check Sequence (CRC-32) Insertion 4.2.5. Inter-Packet Gap Adjustment 4.2.6. Error Insertion Test and Debug Feature 4.2.7. TX PCS 4.2.8. TX RSFEC
4.3. Low Latency 100G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core RX Datapath x
4.3.1. Low Latency 100G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core Preamble Processing 4.3.2. IP Core Strict SFD Checking 4.3.3. Low Latency 100G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core FCS (CRC-32) Removal 4.3.4. Low Latency 100G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core CRC Checking 4.3.5. Low Latency 100G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core Malformed Packet Handling 4.3.6. RX CRC Forwarding 4.3.7. Inter-Packet Gap 4.3.8. RX PCS 4.3.9. RX RSFEC
4.4. Flow Control x
4.4.1. TX Pause/PFC Flow Control Transmission 4.4.2. XON/XOFF Pause Frames
4.5. User Interface to Ethernet Transmission x
4.5.1. Order of Transmission 4.5.2. Bit Order For TX and RX Datapaths
6. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions x
6.1. TX MAC Interface to User Logic 6.2. RX MAC Interface to User Logic 6.3. Transceivers 6.4. Transceiver Reconfiguration Signals 6.5. Avalon-MM Management Interface 6.6. Miscellaneous Status and Debug Signals 6.7. Reset Signals 6.8. Clocks 6.9. Flow Control Interface
6.4. Transceiver Reconfiguration Signals x
6.4.1. Disabling Background Calibration
7. Registers x
7.1. PHY Registers 7.2. TX MAC Registers 7.3. RX MAC Registers 7.4. Pause/PFC Flow Control Registers 7.5. Statistics Registers 7.6. TX Reed-Solomon FEC Registers 7.7. RX Reed-Solomon FEC Registers 7.8. Auto-Negotiation and Link Training Registers
7.5. Statistics Registers x
7.5.1. TX Statistics Registers 7.5.2. RX Statistics Registers
7.8. Auto-Negotiation and Link Training Registers x
7.8.1. AN/LT Sequencer Config 7.8.2. AN/LT Sequencer Status 7.8.3. Auto Negotiation Config Register 1 7.8.4. Auto Negotiation Config Register 2 7.8.5. Auto Negotiation Status Register 7.8.6. Auto Negotiation Config Register 3 7.8.7. Auto Negotiation Config Register 4 7.8.8. Auto Negotiation Config Register 5 7.8.9. Auto Negotiation Config Register 6 7.8.10. Auto Negotiation Status Register 1 7.8.11. Auto Negotiation Status Register 2 7.8.12. Auto Negotiation Status Register 3 7.8.13. Auto Negotiation Status Register 4 7.8.14. Auto Negotiation Status Register 5 7.8.15. Link Training Config Register 1 7.8.16. Link Training Config Register 2 7.8.17. Link Training Status Register 1 7.8.18. Link Training Config Register for Lane 0 7.8.19. Link Training Frame Contents for Lane 0 7.8.20. Local Transceiver TX EQ 1 Settings for Lane 0 7.8.21. Local Transceiver TX EQ 2 Settings for Lane 0 7.8.22. Local Link Training Parameters 7.8.23. Link Training Config Register for Lane 1 7.8.24. Link Training Frame Contents for Lane 1 7.8.25. Local Transceiver TX EQ 1 Settings for Lane 1 7.8.26. Local Transceiver TX EQ 2 Settings for Lane 1 7.8.27. Link Training Config Register for Lane 2 7.8.28. Link Training Frame Contents for Lane 2 7.8.29. Local Transceiver TX EQ 1 Settings for Lane 2 7.8.30. Local Transceiver TX EQ 2 Settings for Lane 2 7.8.31. Link Training Config Register for Lane 3 7.8.32. Link Training Frame Contents for Lane 3 7.8.33. Local Transceiver TX EQ 1 Settings for Lane 3 7.8.34. Local Transceiver TX EQ 2 Settings for Lane 3
9. Ethernet Toolkit Overview x
9.1. Features
1. Low Latency 100G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Overview
2. Getting Started
3. IP Core Parameters
4. Functional Description
5. Reset
6. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions
7. Registers
8. Debugging the Link
9. Ethernet Toolkit Overview
10. Low Latency 100G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core User Guide Archives
11. Document Revision History for the Low Latency 100G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core User Guide

1.1. Low Latency 100G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core Supported Features

The IP core is designed to the IEEE 802.3ba-2010 and 802.3bj High Speed Ethernet Standard available on the IEEE website (www.ieee.org). The MAC provides cut-through frame processing to optimize latency, and supports full wire line speed with a 64-byte frame length and back-to-back or mixed length traffic with no dropped packets. All Low Latency 100G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP core variations include both a MAC and a PHY, and all variations are in full-duplex mode. These IP core variations offer the following features:

  • PHY features:
    • Soft PCS logic that interfaces seamlessly to Stratix® 10 FPGA 25.78125 Gbps serial transceivers.
    • CAUI-4 external interface consisting of four FPGA hard serial transceiver lanes operating at 25.78125 Gbps.
    • Auto negotiation (AN) as defined in IEEE Standard 802.3-2015 Clause 73 and the 25G Ethernet Consortium Schedule Draft 1.6.
    • Link training (LT) as defined in IEEE Standard 802.3-2015 Clauses 92 and 93 and the 25G Ethernet Consortium Schedule Draft 1.6.
    • Optional Reed-Solomon forward error correction RS-FEC(528,514).
  • Frame structure control features:
    • Support for jumbo packets.
    • TX and RX CRC pass-through control.
    • Optional TX CRC generation and insertion.
    • RX and TX preamble pass-through options for applications that require proprietary user management information transfer.
    • TX automatic frame padding to meet the 64-byte minimum Ethernet frame length at the Low Latency 100G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Ethernet connection.
    • Inter-packet Gap modulation capability for alignment marker insertion.
  • Frame monitoring and statistics:
    • RX CRC checking and error reporting.
    • Optional RX strict SFD checking per IEEE specification.
    • RX malformed packet checking per IEEE specification.
    • Received control frame type indication.
    • Optional statistics counters.
    • Optional fault signaling reports local fault and generates remote fault, with IEEE 802.3ba-2012 Ethernet Standard Clause 66 support.
  • Flow control:
    • Optional IEEE 802.3 Clause 31 Ethernet flow control operation using the pause registers or pause interface.
    • Optional priority-based flow control that complies with the IEEE Standard 802.1Qbb-2011—Amendment 17: Priority-based Flow Control, using the pause registers for fine control.
    • Pause frame filtering control.
  • Debug and testability features:
    • Optional serial PMA loopback (TX to RX) at the serial transceiver for self-diagnostic testing.
    • TX error insertion capability supports test and debug.
    • Optional access to Native PHY Debug Master Endpoint (NPDME) for debugging or monitoring PHY signal integrity.
  • User system interfaces:
    • Avalon® Memory-Mapped (Avalon-MM) management interface to access the IP core control and status registers.
    • Avalon® -ST data path interface connects to client logic with the start of frame in the most significant byte (MSB). Interface has data width 512 bits, to ensure the data rate despite this RX client interface SOP alignment and RX and TX preamble pass-through option.
    • Hardware and software reset control.

For a detailed specification of the Ethernet protocol refer to the IEEE 802.3ba-2010 High Speed Ethernet Standard.

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